Re: Shadows of the Empire on OLD PC = headache

Posted on 2018-02-14, 14:03

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I tried using 640x480 at 30Hz myself on Powerstrip for Shadows of the Empire, but there was so much delay in the video output, I couldn't play the game. It's not input lag; in my case, the game's audio and video were way out of sync with the audio far ahead of the video. Audio was synced properly to …

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Re: Yamaha YMF71x SB Pro Mixer Bug Issue Fix

Posted on 2018-02-07, 14:27

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Is there some way to filter the YMF719's OPL3 short of using a low-pass filter on the final output? That's what I'm asking as I find the sound a bit too harsh from the chip's integrated YMF289 just like I find the sound too harsh from any SoundBlaster 16 with OPL3. I see pins for a treble capacitor …

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Re: Yamaha YMF71x SB Pro Mixer Bug Issue Fix

Posted on 2018-02-06, 14:53

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OVER 5Vpp?! :exclamation: No wonder it's so badly distorted on most cards. Why so loud? Is it because those cards don't properly attenuate the incoming audio signal on the WaveBlaster header or because the >5Vpp output of those Yamaha/NEC daughterboards is significantly out of spec for the …

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Re: Yamaha YMF71x SB Pro Mixer Bug Issue Fix

Posted on 2018-02-05, 18:02

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As much as I'm a sucker for the real SoundBlaster Pro 2.0 CT1600, I'm going to revisit the YMF71x for sure after reading all that's gone on in this thread. That low-pass filter mod is the first thing I will do on one of my YMF719 cards; I really don't like the sound of unfiltered PCM out of the …

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Re: Best and worst sound cards you have ever owned?

Posted on 2018-01-04, 04:29

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Best is a toss-up between the SoundBlaster Pro 2.0 CT1600 and the SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS. As someone who likes heavily-filtered FM synthesis, the SoundBlaster Pro 2.0 CT1600 has become my go-to sound card for DOS games and is the primary sound card in my main DOS PC and have a second one on …

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2017-05-06, 02:35

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I will add this if you're upgrading from Windows 10 Anniversary Update to Windows 10 Creators Update: you will have to reinstall the drivers and redo the process MaliceX outlined. Both of my Windows 10 PCs with CMI8738-LXes needed the drivers reinstalled after the update. P.S. I will be testing OPL3 …

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-02-27, 22:25

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Count me in for this as well. Got an AWE64 CT4520 and an AWE64 Gold CT4390 that could use a SIMMConn each.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-01-04, 22:20

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Replaced a blown fuse on my Super Socket 7 build preventing the motherboard's USB ports from getting power. With this, I now have an IBM Model F XT with a Soarer USB converter working on the computer, but then ran into a problem where booting into Windows then restarting into DOS for DOS games would …

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2017-01-02, 17:20

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Could someone please explain to me where C-Media's OPL3 implementation goes wrong? Unless I'm deaf, I have yet to find a single instance where the CMI8738 sounds off compared to the YMF262. In fact, I outright refuse to use a YMF7xx because even though its sound pitch is subtly lower than a YMF262 ( …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-12-25, 20:38

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Rebuilt my Super Socket 7 hybrid PC in a new case and just finished installing Windows 98 SE on a currently "dummy" build (dummy because I'm using a 733MHz Slot 1 Pentium III when I intend to use something else) in which I plan to install a 1.4GHz Tualatin Pentium III via slotket paired with a …

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2016-12-25, 16:34

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I could never get a CMI8738-SX to work properly on Windows 7 or Windows 10 (constant BSODs), but what I did notice with every single CMI8738-LX I've set up is that the OPL3 output, for some unknown reason, is EXTREMELY quiet and there seems to be no way to up the volume any higher. Normally, I run …

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2016-12-13, 16:49

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I'll have to take a look at this on another one of my PCs. Are you sure you're signing the driver in C:\Windows\system32\drivers\cmipci.sys? Either way, I'll install Windows 10 Anniversary Update on one of my Core 2 Duo machines and see if I have the same problem. Are you trying to use a PCI or PCI …

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2016-12-06, 16:56

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I'm assuming you didn't use Driver Signature Enforcement Overrider? You need to run this utility to sign the cmipci.sys file in order for the driver to work at all times with Windows in Test Mode.

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2016-11-13, 15:57

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That's odd... my gaming PC is running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update and it's still in Test Mode. Perhaps the OS stays in Test Mode if you first install an older build of Windows 10, then update?

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-09-01, 01:33

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Prepping a new take on the PC I had built for me in 2007. The original build sported a Core 2 Duo E6420 on an ASUS P5B-VM motherboard with 2GB of DDR2 RAM, GeForce 7600GT and 320GB SATA hard drive on which Windows XP was installed. Now, I'm building a PC that may even be overkill for that time …

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Re: PCI-E soundcards with FM chip?

Posted on 2016-08-26, 15:25

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Ace tried to get FM working on his/her PCIe CMI8738-LX without much success: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=36445&start=40#p484105 I never updated how things went with FM on the CMI8738-LX over PCI Express, but I have something planned to show the end result on my YouTube channel by …

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Re: S370 Board for Nehemiah Core ?

Posted on 2016-08-10, 04:34

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FYI: There is no 1.0 rev of this board. It is a slightly different board (I have another two) without the E letter: GA-6VX7+ if I recall correctly. My very first PC from the early 2000s would like to prove the contrary: http://i.imgur.com/BSqUaZXl.jpg It's also listed on Gigabyte's own website: …

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Re: DirectX/hardware downgrade

Posted on 2016-07-29, 18:11

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In my experience, I've found Rogue Squadron 3D to be quite picky about what hardware it runs well on. I've tried the game with the following CPU/GPU combinations: -Pentium III 933MHz/Rage 128 Pro AGP -Pentium III 933MHz/Voodoo 3 3000 AGP -Pentium III 933MHz/GeForce 4 Ti4200 AGP -K6-III+ 450MHz ( …

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Re: FM OPL3 frequency differences

Posted on 2016-07-13, 06:09

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Great Hierophant wrote: I believe you can disable the SB Pro's low-pass filter in the MIXERSET program. Only for digital audio. The filter is permanent on the FM output.

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Re: FM OPL3 frequency differences

Posted on 2016-07-12, 18:47

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It's ABX or nothing when it comes to audio comparison. Well in that case, I've decided to go ahead and test it out myself using the ABX test plugin in Foobar2000. This is only one test with one clip (X-Wing CD SETMUSE) with the SoundBlaster 16 CT2290 and YMF719 (I'm not using the Vibra16 CT2260 for …

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